Looking for development of the Phu Quoc dog breed

VietNamNet Bridge – At the International Dog Show held in late December in HCMC, Nguyen Minh Khang’s dog named Mickey won two prizes: the first prize for “Phu Quoc Female Dogs” and the second prize for “Phu Quoc Dogs”. Minh Khang discussed about the process of raising Phu Quoc dogs and his expectations of further developing this breed famous for its intelligence. A Love for Phu Quoc dogs It was not simple to train a dog, he said. And it was much harder to have it win awards. Mickey has gone through only 5-7 training sessions. He trained it to walk back and forth, and then to run. At first, Mickey often refused to follow orders and usually pulled on the leash. But after only 2-3 sessions, things fell in place. “Only training couldn’t lead to a beautiful running dog, but they need to be gifted,” Minh Khang said. Fortunately Mickey is very good at running so it took far less time to train it as compared to other contestants. Minh Khang’s hobby is pets. “I raise birds and fish and plant bonsai,” he said. However, his great passion is dogs. A colleague gave him two Phu Quoc dogs in 2010. At that time he did not know much about this breed. He searched on Google to find more information about the breed’s trading and standards, and joined forums on Phu Quoc dogs. Thanks to chance and his good observation, Minh Khang got another Phu Quoc dog, which won… [Read full story]